Archives by Tag 'London School of Economics'
MSc Scholarships in Population Studies at LSE
TweetMaster’s degrees in population studies: £15,000 scholarships available Are you thinking about doing a Master’s degree in the field of population studies in 2009/2010? Students accepted for the MSc in Population and Development, or MSc Health, Population and Society, or MSC Social Research Methods (Population) at the LSE will be eligible to be considered for [...]
Reproductive Health in Poor Countries
TweetPoverty and Reproductive Health in Poor Countries: Issues, Measurement & Evidence BSPS day meeting Sponsored in collaboration with the ESRC Venue: New Academic Building (NABL09), LSE Friday 29th May, 2009 Background The burden of out-of-pocket expenditure related to reproductive health service use remains largely unexplored in poor country contexts. The knock-on effect of [...]
LSE Seminar: Population, Education and Development
Tweet“Population, Education and Development: Addressing the Interactions” LSE Population Research Seminar Speaker: Prof. Wolfgang Lutz Leader, World Population Program International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Chair: Prof. Mike Murphy, Professor of Demography, LSE Abstract: Education is a key determinant if international development. This Seminar presents new projections of populations by age, sex and four levels [...]
Workshop: Fertility declines in the past, present and future
TweetCall for participants ‘Fertility declines in the past, present and future: what we don’t know and what we need to know’ A joint workshop of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, the British Society for Population Studies and the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure Dates: [...]
BSPS meeting: Health & mortality using record linkage data in the UK
TweetBSPS day meeting: Health and mortality using record linkage data in the UK LG03, New Academic Building, London School of Economics 14th May 2009 Programme 10.30 Registration and Coffee 11.00 Introduction by the Chair 11.10 Marital history and mortality using ONS Longitudinal Study data, Emily Grundy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 3.50 Final [...]
Challenging the ‘Parallel Lives’ Myth: Race, Sociology, Statistics and Politics
TweetChallenging the ‘Parallel Lives’ Myth: Race, Sociology, Statistics and Politics Wednesday May 13 th 2009 10.30 -16.00 London School of Economics Room LG01, New Academic Building, Lincoln’s Inn Fields The BSA Race and Ethnicity Study Group and the BSPS are taking the opportunity of the publication of ‘Sleepwalking to Segregation’? Challenging myths about race and [...]
BSPS Prize 2009 – Best MSc Dissertation
TweetBSPS Prize 2009 Entries are invited for the 2009 BSPS Prize. This is awarded to the entry judged to be the best MSc. Dissertation on a demographic topic during the year 2008 (which would normally be at or around distinction level). Applicants should supply four copies of their dissertation, which do not need to be [...]
POPFEST 2009 – Call for papers
TweetWe would like to draw your attention to Popfest 2009, the 17th annual conference of postgraduate students in Population-related studies. Popfest 2009 will be taking place from the 2nd July to the 4th of July 2009, and will be hosted by the Population At LSE research students at the London School of Economics and Political Science [...]